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Open to junior & graduate roles in enterprise hardware or at a help desk
Lachlan Mireylees
Welcome to the website running in my living room. IT student majored in Cyber Security. I build & deploy Virtual Machines running a range of game servers on a hardened network, running on self-hosted hardware.
About
I'm a recntly graduated student with TAFE NSW, completing a Certificate IV in Cyber Security. My interest sits both on the defensive side: detection, network security and incident response. And also on the enterprise hardware side: deployment, stock management, upgrades, networking.
A lot of what I've learned has happened outside of class. I run a home lab thats been upgraded more times than I care to admit, host a range of web services and many game servers, and I have begun documenting my journey, which will become the write-ups further down this page.
I currently work full time hours as a barista / bartender in the ACT, while managing the backend of my cafe business in my free time. Which has little to nothing to do with IT, but it has allowed me to develop a range of inter-personal workplace skills - you wont find me afraid to speak up at a meeting.
- Accredited Study
- Certificate IV - Cyber Security
- Graduation
- Mid 2026
- Based in
- ACT, Australia
- Availability
- Full-time with notice to current employer
Experience
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2024 – Present
Co-Owner - Staff Management / Stock Management / Accounting / Supplier Outreach Full-time
Chubby Cat Cafe
- Until early 2026 I was the front of house manager 6 days a week, I oversaw the complete operation of the premises
- Variable stock management to hold correct stock on hand for seasonal periods to allow for differing trade volume
- Financial analysis, pricing prepared items and negotiating pricing across multiple suppliers
- Marrying both the needs of employees and the company to create a great work environment that runs at a profit
- Creating advertising campaigns and customer retention strategies
- Making the best cup of coffee for at least 100km
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April 2026 – Present
Barista / BartenderCasual
Trippa's White Group
- Working across 3 high-profile venues - Australian War Memorial - National Gallery of Australia - Australian Institute of Sport
- Providing the highest level of hospitality and producing high quality beverages every time
- Working in secure physical environment with key card door access and training against tailgating
- Render assistant to the supervisor/manager in managing the teams workflow
- Resolve conflict/complaints with customers when necessary, maintaining a high level of customer service and discretion
- On the fly process training for rented agency staff
- Direct VIP client service in high profile event - I've been entrusted for service of multiple high level government figures
- Complete pop-up bar setup, stock-take and pack down before and after events
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2022 – 2024
Barista / Front of HousePart-Time
Tarago Cafe
- I worked for this company with Anne until it went bankrupt - afterwards we decided to take the shell of a building a found 'The Chubby Cat Cafe'
- Customer service - serving cutomers over the counter, responding to complaints in a professional manner
- Producing high qaulity beverages.
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Skills & certifications
Defensive
- Wazuh, Splunk SIEM & log analysis
- Suricata Network detection
- Wireshark, tcpdump Packet analysis
Offensive
- Nmap, Amass Recon & enumeration
- Burp Suite Web application testing
- BloodHound Active Directory
- Nessus, OpenVAS Vulnerability scanning
- Linux & Windows Privilege escalation
Systems & cloud
- Linux Ubuntu, Debian, Kali
- Windows Server AD DS, Group Policy
- Microsoft 365 Entra ID
- Proxmox, Docker Virtualisation
Code & frameworks
- Python, PowerShell, Bash
- SQL, Ansible
- MITRE ATT&CK
- ASD Essential Eight
- NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001
Certifications
Ongoing
TCM Security PNPT
Practical Network Penetration Tester · 2027
Completed
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity
CC · 2024
Completed
Certificate IV - Cyber security
22603VIC · 2026